Behavioral support firm founder celebrates two decades serving Tucson

In today’s economy, businesses come and go. However, one firm is
proving that by helping other businesses remain healthy, it has
staying power as well.

The Jorgensen/Brooks Group celebrated its 20th anniversary last
month. The company provides behavioral health program development,
employee assistance program services, corporate training and
consultation worldwide.

The company was founded in 1991 by Donald G. Jorgensen, Ph. D.,
CEAP, LiSAC, as Jorgensen Healthcare Associates, Inc.

The son of an alcoholic, Jorgensen was exposed to the need for
behavioral health programs at an early age. He remembers being
piled into a car with his three siblings at 2 a.m. to pick up his
dad.

When he was 16, Jorgensen was asked to facilitate a group
consisting of children of alcoholics. It was the start of a
lifelong career in overseeing the needs of others, and an
impressive list of credentials.

Jorgensen holds a Ph.D. in Health and Human Services Administration
and an M.S. in Rehabilitation. He is past president of the
international Employee Assistance Professionals Association, and
serves on the boards of the National Council on Alcoholism and Drug
Dependence and the YMCA of Southern Arizona. He has served on the
Arizona State Board of Behavioral Health Examiners and is past
president of Greater Tucson Leadership.

Jorgensen brought a strategic leadership approach to an
international membership association that brought business and
union leaders together to create fiscal stability and global
development for the profession. He has established multi-national
employee assistance programs, addiction treatment programs for
adults and model programs for children of alcoholics in California
and Arizona.

Jorgensen is an internationally known speaker, trainer and
consultant to corporations, treatment centers, and professionals in
North America, Europe and Asia. He has authored numerous journal
articles and books, including Counseling Children of Alcoholics: A
Treatment Guide and Secrets Told by Children of Alcoholics: What
Concerned Adults Need to Know (co-author). Other works include
“Creating a Drug-Free Workplace,” “Preventing Workplace Violence,”
and “Demonstrating EAP Value.” His “EAP Buyers Guide” has been
utilized by professionals and organizations worldwide.

He has twice been named Arizona EAP Professional of the Year. The
award has been renamed in his honor.